Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory

By Natasha Sajé

Book Overview

Windows and Doors is a poetry handbook that places poststructuralist and postmodern ways of thinking alongside formalist modes, making explicit points of overlap and tension that are usually tacit. Each of Natasha Saj 's nine essays addresses a topic of central concern to readers and writers of poetry while also making an argument about poetic language and ideology. Foundational topics--diction, syntax, rhythm, surprise, figurative language, narrative, genre, book design, and performance--are explained through the lenses of theory, history, and philosophy and illuminated through vibrant examples from the works of numerous contemporary American poets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472035991
• ISBN13: 9780472035991
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"